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7.0 Maintenance and cleaning
Always place the dustcover over your microscope after use. Keep the eyepiece and objectives
always mounted on the microscope to avoid dust entering the instrument.
Cleaning the optics
When the eyepiece lens or front lens of the objective ares dirty they can be cleaned by wiping a
piece of lens paper over the surface (circular movements). When this does not help put a drop of
alcohol on the lens paper. Never put xylol or alcohol directly on the lens! Please note that
Euromex offers a special microscope cleaning kit: PB.5275
It is not necessary
– and not recommended – to clean the lens surfaces at the inner side of the
objectives. Sometimes dust can be removed with high pressured air.
Caution
Cleaning cloths containing plastic fibers can damage the coating of the lenses!
Maintenance of the stand
Dust can be removed with a brush. In case the stand or table is really dirty the surface can be
cleaned with a non-aggressive cleaning product.
All moving parts like the height adjustment or the coaxial course and fine adjustment contain ball
bearings that are not dust sensitive. With a drop of sewing-machine oil the bearing can be
lubricated.
7.1 Maintenance of the stand
Dust can be removed with a brush. In case the stand or stage plate is really dirty the surface can
be cleaned with a non-aggressive cleaning product.
